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If I may make a suggestion: I'd rather have a quizz at first install and user account creation that would ask what users want with sane defaults hiding behind

If I may make a suggestion: I'd rather have a quizz at first install and user account creation that would ask what users want with sane defaults hiding behind an `I don't know` checkbox (ie: don't configure any mail client if people just use GMail). It would definitely ease the adoption from first users instead of throwing a huge pile of shortcuts to their face when they click the apps menu for the first time. I would also make it very easy to do the most common first things users do: opening an image, browsing the web, playing music. Don't send them to players/viewers with different UI than the rest of the workspace or ask them what pic viewer they want to use among 4 different apps. First impressions matters :).

BornInTheUSSR 9y ago
Really like this idea, a wizard to get all your preferences on setup that preconfigures defaults. Expand it to programming toolsets or whatever your primary use is and have a way to save and share it between different linux versions or even OS's a la dotfiles.
- ColanR 9y ago
  Love the idea of a wizard - but a lot of users will want as painless a setup as possible. if they can worry about configuration when they feel like it, if they feel like it, they may be happier. i.e., some way to use a one-time app for running that wizard later.
  - gt_ 9y ago
    I second this. Ubuntu default config probably isn't perfect for anybody, but nothing is in the way, which I consider a major benefit. If I need automatic configuration, none of these ideas will move faster than a decent Bash script. Some configurations cannot be scripted well and that's where the room for improvement is.
Queue29 9y ago
This really is a great idea.
tradesmanhelix 9y ago
I know Ubuntu Mate has Welcome [1], which does pretty much exactly what you're describing. Wish more distros would adopt this and/or the software botique, which has now been decoupled from Mate/Welcome [2]. [1] https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome. [2] http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ubuntu-mate-new-software-boutique http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ubuntu-mate-new-software-...
c_moscardi 9y ago
Awesome idea! Let me make a shameless plug for my web app that does something like this for ubuntu LTS distros: https://www.lilite.co/ https://www.lilite.co/ I'd love for it to be made obsolete though :)

BornInTheUSSR 9y ago

Really like this idea, a wizard to get all your preferences on setup that preconfigures defaults. Expand it to programming toolsets or whatever your primary use is and have a way to save and share it between different linux versions or even OS's a la dotfiles.

ColanR 9y ago
Love the idea of a wizard - but a lot of users will want as painless a setup as possible. if they can worry about configuration when they feel like it, if they feel like it, they may be happier. i.e., some way to use a one-time app for running that wizard later.
- gt_ 9y ago
  I second this. Ubuntu default config probably isn't perfect for anybody, but nothing is in the way, which I consider a major benefit. If I need automatic configuration, none of these ideas will move faster than a decent Bash script. Some configurations cannot be scripted well and that's where the room for improvement is.

Queue29 9y ago

This really is a great idea.

tradesmanhelix 9y ago

I know Ubuntu Mate has Welcome [1], which does pretty much exactly what you're describing. Wish more distros would adopt this and/or the software botique, which has now been decoupled from Mate/Welcome [2]. [1] https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome. [2] http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ubuntu-mate-new-software-boutique http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ubuntu-mate-new-software-...

c_moscardi 9y ago

Awesome idea! Let me make a shameless plug for my web app that does something like this for ubuntu LTS distros: https://www.lilite.co/ https://www.lilite.co/ I'd love for it to be made obsolete though :)